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Homer Junior High School

Public Grades 5-8
416th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 447 Louisiana Middle Schools
Better than 7% of Louisiana middle schools
Summary

Homer Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 5-8 in Homer, Louisiana, with a total enrollment of 255 students. The school is part of the Claiborne Parish School District, which is ranked 97 out of 118 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Homer Junior High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Louisiana middle schools.

Academically, Homer Junior High School underperforms compared to state and district averages on LEAP assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 24% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 60% statewide and 37% in the Claiborne Parish district. Similarly, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate was 39%, compared to 70% statewide and 49% in the district. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as female, male, and low-socioeconomic status students.

In comparison, the nearby Webster Junior High School, located in the Webster Parish district, outperforms Homer Junior High School on most academic metrics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Webster Junior High School had 42% of students proficient or better in Mathematics and 50% in English Language Arts, significantly higher than Homer's performance. Additionally, Homer Junior High School has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates and relatively high dropout rates, which are concerning for a middle school.

232
Students ?
11.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,700
Per pupil spending ?
95.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 612 Pelican Drive
       Homer, LA  71040

(318) 927-2826

District: Claiborne Parish

Racial breakdown:

African American:
86.6%
White:
7.8%
Two or more races:
2.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (32% vs 65% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school32%
District avg43%
Louisiana avg65%
416th of 447
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
97th of 118Claiborne Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20259.4416 of 4476.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.7425 of 4495.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4439 of 4655.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.9437 of 4605.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.0442 of 4593.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.4416 of 4497.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.6371 of 4119.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201727.0344 of 43721.3%★☆☆☆☆
201625.2350 of 43519.5%★☆☆☆☆
201529.2370 of 48223.2%★☆☆☆☆
201414.5418 of 47011.1%★☆☆☆☆
201317.2394 of 45713.8%★☆☆☆☆
201227.1344 of 44222.2%★☆☆☆☆
201126.7351 of 41214.8%★☆☆☆☆
201029.5323 of 40820.8%★☆☆☆☆
200933.5317 of 42525.4%★☆☆☆☆
200825.5336 of 41318.6%★☆☆☆☆
200724.6323 of 39618.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202520.3298 of 34413.4%★☆☆☆☆
202413.8307 of 3337.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.2337 of 3606.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.9326 of 3609.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1334 of 3525.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.0300 of 33811.2%★☆☆☆☆
201837.1212 of 31332.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202510.1386 of 4157.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.2396 of 4154.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.6425 of 4444.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.5413 of 4416.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.8409 of 4417.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.2398 of 4184.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202515.3389 of 43711.0%★☆☆☆☆
20248.9416 of 4446.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.4432 of 4595.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.5436 of 4584.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.9430 of 4555.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.1404 of 4306.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.9337 of 40316.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202510.8381 of 4148.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.4399 of 4266.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7419 of 4435.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.1426 of 4423.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.4435 of 4421.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.6391 of 4186.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202526.0133 of 16820.8%★☆☆☆☆
202222.3167 of 20618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202114.0202 of 2103.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.1194 of 2024.0%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20199.4335 of 3504.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2025)21st percentile+14 vs school
African American (2025)13th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)8th percentile~ school
Female (2025)7th percentile~ school
White (2019)4th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts39%-31 vs state
Mathematics24%-36 vs state

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Homer Junior High School ranks in the bottom 6.9% of Louisiana middle schools.

Students at Homer Junior High School are 87% African American, 8% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 232 students attended Homer Junior High School.


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